How to avoid flight scams

Flight scams sell the gap between what you hope a fare is and what the market is. Holiday weeks and spring break are peak season for fake sites, cloned airline logos, and people who want payment by gift card or wire. Azurovia is a metasearch. We send you to a seller to finish. We will never ask you to pay us for the ticket in crypto, gift cards, or a personal transfer.

Red flags

A fare far below every other card on the same flights with no basic-economy explanation. A site that only takes Zelle, Western Union, or supermarket cards. A WhatsApp or Telegram “travel agent” who found you. A URL that is almost an airline name with an extra letter. Pressure to pay in the next ten minutes. A PDF “ticket” with no airline record locator that works on the airline’s site.

After you click from Azurovia

Check the browser address. You should be on an airline or a travel site, not a page that still says Azurovia and asks for a card — we do not ticket. If the total changed, read why (bags, currency, passenger count). If you did not come from our results, do not use a bookmark a stranger sent.

Phishing

Emails that look like an airline asking you to “reconfirm” a password or pay a small fee to keep a reservation are a classic. Go to the airline site yourself by typing it, or use the app you already installed. Do not use the link in the email. Related: fake sites.

If you already paid a scammer

Contact your bank or card issuer immediately. Report to the FTC and, if a US airline name was abused, to that airline’s fraud team. Azurovia cannot reverse a payment we never processed. Keep every screenshot.

The boring honest path

Search on Azurovia. Compare the same itinerary. Continue to the named seller. Pay them. Keep their confirmation. That is the whole product.